Blackleg vs Scabampflashampfwr - What's the difference?
blackleg | scabampflashampfwr |
Scabampflashampfwr has no English definition.
(uncountable) Fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacteria Clostridium chauvoei ; symptomatic anthrax
(countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers. A scab.
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, title= (countable) A person who cheats in a game, a cheater.
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*:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg , card-sharper, and murderer.
(colloquial) A notorious gambler.
Relating to a scab worker.
Scabampflashampfwr is likely misspelled.
Scabampflashampfwr has no English definition.
As a noun blackleg
is fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacteria Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.As an adjective blackleg
is relating to a scab worker.blackleg
English
Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
Synonyms
*(strikebreaker) scalieDerived terms
* blackleggingExternal links
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(-)- The blackleg workers entered under cover of darkness.